Christof is a Reader in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Bath and a director of REVEAL. His research interests focus on immersive technology (AR/VR/XR), novel interaction techniques, and applications in training, learning and healthcare.
For example, he has been investigating how VR can make physical activity more efficient and motivating [CHI 2018, CHI 2019, CHI 2020], how VR can prepare people for stressful situations such as street harassment [CHI 2022], how personalised avatars can improve VR training and learning [CHI 2020, CHI 2023], and how machine learning can bring interaction with VR avatars to life [CHI 2020]. Furthermore, he has developed fast and accurate technologies for using the eyes for clicking [CHI 2019], text editing [CHI 2019] and typing [CHI 2022]. Some of his work explores the foundations of VR such as why people feel present in VR [CHI 2021] and how technical VR capabilities influence presence [CHI 2023]. He has also been working on how to detect emotions in VR based on physiological sensors [CHI 2020, CHI 2024].
Christof is a principal investigator of the European Media and Immersion Lab (EMIL), a Royal Society Industry Fellow, and a co-investigator of the Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research and Applications (CAMERA). He has received many awards for his research, including two Best Paper Awards and two Honourable Mention Awards at the leading Human-Computer Interaction publication venue CHI, the INTERACT Reviewers’ Choice Award, and the New Zealand HealthTech Award.
If you are interested in collaborating with REVEAL, please contact Christof. Our current collaborators include multidisciplinary researchers from all over the world, commercial partners of all sizes, charities, and government organisations.
Recent Projects
Watch This! Observational Learning in VR
Dancing with the Avatars: Minimal Avatar Customisation Enhances Learning in a Psychomotor Task
FakeForward: Using Deepfake Technology for Feedforward Learning
Designing and Assessing a Virtual Reality Simulation to Build Resilience to Street Harassment
TapGazer: Text Entry with finger tapping and gaze-directed word selection
